News

• 19 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '-The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate: from India to the deserts of northern Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The community of La Union, in Lower Piura (outskirts of the capital city Piura, 20 km from the city center), warmly welcomed Father Tomy Mathew Moozhayil, C.M.I and Father Joseph Anthony Palackal, ...
• 19 July 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL- Mass media instrument of evangelization and promotion of the Kingdom Rio de Janeiro (Fides Service) - "The Continental Mission in a perspective of communication" was the theme of the conference given by His Exc. Mgr. Guillermo Ortiz Mondragón, Bishop of the Diocese of Cuautitlán in Mexi ...
• 18 July 2011
  VATICAN-The Pope hopes that " international mobilization increases" to help the people of the Horn of Africa Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - An appeal for the humanitarian catastrophe that is affecting the Horn of Africa, particularly in Somalia, was launched on Sunday, July 17 by Pope Benedict XVI after the Angelus prayer, w ...
• 18 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Pastoral commitment continues even during the summer period: summer camps for children are open in many dioceses, parishes and basic ecclesial communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - With the start of the summer holidays, many basic ecclesial communities, parishes and dioceses in mainland China have opened, like every year, their summer camps for children to continue the ...
• 18 July 2011
  AMERICA /MEXICO- Casa del Migrante in San Luis Potosi closes down: each year nearly 9 000 Central American migrants were welcomed San Luis Potosi (Fides Service) - Casa del Migrante in San Luis Potosi,in Mexico closes down. This is what we read in a declaration by father Ruben Perez, of the local Caritas, a copy of which was sent to Fides. Among th ...
• 18 July 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-"The Church must be a promoter of dialogue and speak an understandable language to today's world": the training seminar for the Bishops of Brazil has concluded Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - The Church must be a promoter of dialogue and democracy, in a clear and decisive way, both in society and within the Church: it is the exhortation addressed to the Bishops of Brazil by th ...
• 18 July 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-Exchange of experience between the PMS of Austria and Brazil Bahia (Fides Service) - A missionary group with 15 people from the Commission "Church in the world," of the Guardian Angel parish in the Diocese of Graz, in Austria, visited Brazil from July 5 to 15. In addition to parti ...
• 18 July 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Diplomatic relations with the Holy See get closer and closer: religious freedom and more rights for Christians Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - After this morning’s meeting between the Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak and Pope Benedict XVI "I expect we will soon officially announce relations between the Holy See and the Rep ...
• 18 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA -Medicines have finished in the hospitals of the capital, epidemics are spreading throughout the country Mogadishu (Fides Service) - Over the past two months, following the arrival of many displaced due to the drought, the hospitals in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are short of medicines. Health care workers report that pa ...
• 16 July 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA-270 000 Somali refugees in the largest camp in the world Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The largest agglomeration in the world for the displaced is in Dadaab, inhabited by about 270 000 refugees from Somalia. The camp, created in 1991 in Dadaab is located 500 km north of Nairobi an ...
• 16 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The seminarians of Shaan Xi Shang Hai in pilgrimage at the conclusion of their studies Shang Hai (Fides Service) - Giving thanks to the Lord because he has called them and accompanied them in their path in these formative years; to pay homage to Our Lady who has always assisted them, to thank all the gener ...
• 16 July 2011
  AFRICA/DR CONGO-Inauguration of the second wing of the primary school and a new home in Cite Guanella in the middle of the savannah Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The second wing of the primary school "EP Santu Maria Mama wa Mosala" (Holy Mary, Mother of Labour) and a new home in Cité Guanella, in the plateau des Bateke in the rural areas of the city of ...
• 16 July 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - With regards to the Kachin war "the big powers close their eyes, for economic interests" Myitkyina (Fides Service) - "The civil war continues in northern Myanmar, with indifference on behalf of international community. The Kachin people suffer a lot and experience a great sense of abandonment": this is the c ...
• 16 July 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Autonomy and federal state : how the Burmese government betrayed the Kachin Myitkyina (Fides Service) - "The key point is the agreement of Panlung in 1947: the Kachin signed it, like other ethnic minorities, supporting the struggle of General Aung San for the independence of Burma from the Briti ...
• 16 July 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY-30 years after the discovery of the virus about 25 million people have died of AIDS: the Sixth World Conference in Rome Rome (Fides Service) - After Buenos Aires, Paris, Rio De Janeiro, Sydney and Cape Town, Rome is to host from July 17 to 20, the VI World Conference on AIDS, organized by the International AIDS Society (IAS) and the Insti ...